Tampa Bay's hot bats help power Rays past Yankees on Opening Day

"It was good to get back out there", Bird said of his first game since undergoing surgery before spring training previous year.

San Francisco Giants' Madison Bumgarner (40) celebrates his home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks with first base coach Jose Alguacil, right, during the fifth inning of an opening day baseball game Sunday, April 2, 2017.

So it's safe to say the Yankees' ace might want a redo of his first regular season start.

Fans have been flocking to establishments such as Ferg's in downtown St. Petersburg all morning in preparation for the Rays home opener.

Joe Girardi mercifully pulled Tanaka after 2.2 innings and an early 7-2 deficit to the Rays. After getting a strikeout to start the third inning, Tanak surrendered another home run, this time by Morrison.

With baseball searching for ways to speed up the action, the Yankees and Rays didn't add much pace to any pace-of-play approach.

Tanaka lasted only 2 2/3 innings - his shortest outing since his rookie Major League Baseball season in 2014. He also struck out 54 batters compared to just four walks, while the Rays only hit.204/.222/.413 against him.

The Opening Day losing streak has hit six years. Tanaka took the loss, giving up 7 earned runs on 8 hits in just 2.2 innings with a pair of strikeouts to fall to 0-1 on the year with a 23.63 ERA. Longoria connected for a two-run drive in the second. (I kid. I kid.) Tanaka was able to escape the inning without allowing any more runs, but the damage had already been done.

When looking at the Tampa Bay Rays goals for the 2017 season, the team will need to get some major contributions from a few players on the roster.

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